Question

change direct to indirect ÷ 1. the gardener will say if the flowers are not given enough water they will die.​

Answer 1

The gardener will say that if the flowers are not given enough water they will die.

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Basic rules to change direct speech to indirect

• If the reporting verb is in present or future tense (say or will say) then the tense of the sentence does not change.
• If the reporting verb is in past tense (said, etc) then the present tense changes to respective past tense. Past indefinite changes to past perfect and past continuous changes to past perfect continuous.
• Inverted commas are omitted and words like 'that' or 'to' are used instead.

Answer 2

The gardener will say that if the flowers are not given enough water they will die.




Basic rules to change direct speech to indirect

If the reporting verb is in present or future tense (say or will say) then the tense of the sentence does not change.
If the reporting verb is in past tense (said, etc) then the present tense changes to respective past tense. Past indefinite changes to past perfect and past continuous changes to past perfect continuous.
Inverted commas are omitted and words like 'that' or 'to' are used instead.